GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Jan. 1 



E, R. ROOT A. I. ROOT H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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Contents for January i, 1911 



editorial, 1 



Ten-frame Hives Favored 1, 2 



Color Sense of Bees 1 



Bee-keeping for Women 1 



Foul Brood, Government Report 2 



Extracted Honey, Name for 3 



STRAY STRAWS 4 



Ventilating with Lime 4 



Drones, Improving 4 



Ventilation in Cellar 4 



BEE-KEEPING IN SOU'N CALIFORNIA. . 5 



Extracting-combs, To Keep 5 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES.. . 6 



Foster Family 6 



Grasshopper Pest 6 



ReQueening 6 



Bees Need Water 6 



Prices. Jumping 6 



NOTES FROM CANADA 7 



Pinching Bees 7 



Time to Examine Bees for Foul Brood 7 



Helping Neighbors with Bees 7 



Holtermann Retires 7 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE. ... 8 



Tiering Section Supers 8 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 9 



Wintering in England 9 



Absorbent Coverings 9 



Natural Selection 10 



Diseases of Bees 10 



Immunity from Disease 10 



Selling Honey at Home 12 



Sour and Sweet Honey in One Vessel 12 



Migratory Apiculture in Holland 14 



Extracting Honey Early 14 



Gravity Strainer 15 



Dutch Dinner- table with Honey on it 15 



Buckwheat, More Sown 16 



Wasp Nest in Honey-comb 16 



Increase of Bees. Great 16 



Appearances Affect Sales 17 



Winter Nest of a Colony 19 



Bee-keeping as a Hobby 21 



Hive Analyzed by Todd 21 



Bee-beeping in California 23 



Sage-plant of California 23 



Propolis, Poison from 24 



HEADS OF GRAIN 25 



Dampness in Hives Detrimental 25 



Lack of Ventilation 25 



Grafting and Cell-building 25 



Feeding in Winter in Tennessee 26 



Carbolic Acid to Drive Bees 26 



Weak Colony, To Protect 26 



Honey, Why Uncapped 26 



Honey, Selling Short Weight 26 



Temperature of 33 too Cold for Wintering. . 26 



OUR HOMES 27 



Poultry In Florida 27 



Buttercup Chickens 28 



